My four years in the Marine Corps left me with an indelible understanding of the value of leadership skills. Votes: 5
A good part of my leadership skills is crafted from learning from experiences early in my career that were not positive experiences. Votes: 5
Vocational education programs have made a real difference in the lives of countless young people nationwide; they build self-confidence and leadership skills by allowing students to utilize their unique gifts and talents. Votes: 5
All of this suggests that while citizens became more comfortable with President Bush after September 11 and thought him to have the requisite leadership skills, they continue to harbor doubts about his priorities, loyalties, interests, and policies. Votes: 5
The world can teach leadership skills but only Jesus can teach you a leaders heart. Votes: 4
The only thing tougher than developing leadership skills is attempting to be successful without them. Votes: 4
Your leadership skills determine the level of your success, and the success of those who work around you. Votes: 4
The key to long term success in the marketplace is to build relationships & acquire leadership skills that can build great teams. Votes: 4
No amount of training in leadership skills, courses in management methods, power titles, promotions, or associations can substitute for the right attitudes. Votes: 4
Next time you're about to call your daughter bossy, take a deep breath and say, 'My daughter has executive leadership skills.' Votes: 4
At Texas A&M you learn first to follow, then to develop and practice your leadership skills, and finally you become someone others want to follow. Votes: 4
Leaders create and inspire new leaders by instilling faith in their leadership abilities and helping them develop and hone leadership skills they don't know they possess. Votes: 4
I like to take chances on people, and whenever possible, promote from within - it sends a great message to everyone in the company when someone demonstrates a passion for the job and leadership skills at every step along the way and is rewarded with a leadership role. Votes: 4
I kind of know what my job is, it's to develop a message that's hopeful and optimistic about the future of the country, to develop ideas that will give people a sense that they can lift up, and to tell them about my leadership skills to make it so. Votes: 4
To prepare youth for success in entrepreneurial (and free) cultures, education tends to emphasize originality, creativity, breadth, depth and leadership skills rather than rote memorization, standardized curricula or socialization. The latter skill set is vital in societies with strong upper classes employing the lower castes, but the former is essential to free democratic nations. Votes: 4
If you apply conservative principles and you stick with it, and you have the leadership skills to bring people toward the cause, you can move the needle on these things, i reject the notion that we can't solve problems, that the gridlock is too enormous to forge consensus. It requires some creativity to get to a win for everybody. Votes: 4
I think this transition to a candidacy will allow me to be more direct about my advocacy of the leadership skills necessary for the next president to fix a few things, and as a candidate, contrary to someone who has been listening and learning along the way, I'll offer up alternatives to the path we're on as well, so I'll be more specific on policy. Votes: 4
Leadership can't be claimed like luggage at the airport. Leadership can't be inherited, even though you may inherit a leadership position. And leadership can't be given as a gift - even if you've been blessed with an abundance of leadership skills to share with someone else. Leadership must be earned by mastering a defined set of skills and by working with others to achieve common goals. Votes: 4
I've stated before that my number one priority as the steward of the Dodgers is winning, and I believe that hiring Ned is a step in that direction. With his genuine passion for baseball, his intimate knowledge of all aspects of the game, and solid leadership skills, I am confident that Ned's experience will help the Dodgers put a winning team on the field, year-in and year-out. Votes: 4
Volunteer activities can foster enormous leadership skills. The nonprofit professional volunteer world is a laboratory for self - realization. Votes: 3
Curiosity about the world and questioning of the status quo to open minds to alternative visions of the future are essential leadership skills. And they can be learned. Votes: 3
My purpose is to help people understand that leadership skills are useful and relevant for pursuing meaningful aspirations in all aspects of life, and that this is a choice, a decision, not a default. Votes: 3
When you harness your leadership skill to your broken heart change happens. Votes: 2
Learning how to respond to and master the process of change - and even to excel at it - is a critical leadership skill for the twenty-first century. Constant, rapid change will be a fact of life for all of us. Votes: 2
Most people who want to get ahead do it backward. They think, 'I'll get a bigger job, then I'll learn how to be a leader.' But showing leadership skill is how you get the bigger job in the first place. Leadership isn't a position, it's a process. Votes: 2
There are good leaders who actively guide and bad leaders who actively misguide. Hence, leadership is about persuasion, presentation and people skills. Votes: 1
There are certain skills that business people have that are - that are, in fact, helpful in - when it comes to being in political leadership. Votes: 1
In terms of the principles of politics, I think I understand well. Thailand needs someone who has leadership, who has the management skills to help the country. Votes: 1
Mindsets, skills and leadership, experience and access, and critical consciousness - we need all four of these things for our students to be the leaders, people and citizens we want them to be. Votes: 1
My height doesn't define my skill set. To be a great quarterback, you have to have great leadership, great attention to detail and a relentless competitive nature - and I try to bring that on a daily basis. Votes: 1
There is something discordant about a team of speechwriters and political operatives hammering away to create an image of the 'real, inner' candidate. And, to be blunt, there is no necessary connection between a moving life experience and the skills necessary for leadership. Votes: 1
Leadership is about persuasion, presentation and people skills. Votes: 0
Relational skills are the most important abilities in leadership. Votes: 0
IQ and technical skills are important, but Emotional Intelligence is the Sine Qua Non of Leadership. Votes: 0
If you don't demonstrate leadership character, your skills and your results will be discounted, if not dismissed. Votes: 0
Management and leadership are not separate spheres. The two skills work together in the larger realm of "communityship. Votes: 0
Great leadership has more to do with character, courage, and conviction than it does with specific skills or competencies. Votes: 0
Many men have children, but not many children have 'Fathers'. Age releases to you reproductive skills. Fatherhood requires LEADERSHIP skills Votes: 0
Leadership is people taking the initiative, carrying things through, having ideas and the imagination to get something started, and exhibiting particular skills in different areas. Votes: 0
Those of us who have been privileged to receive education, skills, and experiences and even power must be role models for the next generation of leadership. Votes: 0
It's important to get in the habit of growing as a human being, developing and refining leadership and management skills and entrepreneurial instincts and changing to accommodate the times. Votes: 0
A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way. Votes: 6 John C. Maxwell
Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people. Votes: 6 Jim Rohn